Constructing Identity. Narratives of Self-Exploration in Two Blogs of Female Solo Travellers

Table of Contents

1 Introduction: Female Solo Travel Writers

2 Towards a Definition of the Travel Blog
2.1 Defining the Weblog
2.2 Defining Contemporary Travel Writing
2.3 Combining both Definitions: the Travel Blog as its own Literary Genre

3 Theorizing Narrative Identity in Travel Blogs
3.1 Identity in the Digital Age: Two Opposing Theories
3.1.1 The Postmodern Concept of Identity: the Fragmented Self
3.1.2 The Modern Concept of Identity Revisited: the Coherent Self
3.2 Self-Narration as a Form of Identity Construction
3.3 Travel Blogs as Narratives of Identity

4 Identity Construction in the Travel Blogs Young Adventuress and Creatrice Mondial
4.1 Narrative Analysis of Blog Posts
4.1.1 Ethnic Identity
4.1.1.1 Creatrice Mondial: “What it means to be Floridian”
4.1.1.2 Young Adventuress: “New Zealand and the rest of the World”
4.1.2 Gender Identity
4.1.2.1 Creatrice Mondial: “No one wants to be THAT girl/guy”
4.1.2.2 Young Adventuress: “Maybe I’m becoming a feminist after all”
4.1.3 Blogger Identity
4.1.3.1 Creatrice Mondial: “An Artist’s Rambling Soul”
4.1.3.2 Young Adventuress: “Have I introduced you to Business Liz yet?”
4.1.4 Traveller Identity
4.1.4.1 Creatrice Mondial: “Tourist or Travel[l]er?”
4.1.4.2 Young Adventuress: “The realities about travel[l]ing as an introvert”
4.2 Results
4.2.1 A Summary of the Sub-Identities presented in Creatrice Mondial
4.2.2 A Summary of the Sub-Identities presented in Young Adventuress
4.2.3 Comparing both Blogs with regard to Narrative Identity Construction

5 Conclusion

6 Works cited
6.1 Primary Literature
6.2 Secondary Literature